On the matter of Members of Parliament dating potential spies

This kind of thing pees my O no matter what the political ilk of the pol in question.

What sort of simple jerk thinks he can just take for granted that a foreign or domestic journalist is a suitable person to leave government documents with?

In the case of Bob Dechert  however ... there was no government material ever involved.
So ... if there is anything to be critcized ... it is the naivete' of getting involved with a foreign national in the first place .... although he could very well have been a target for exploitation ... it is highly unlikely that any laws or protocols were breached.

No doubt ... there certainly is a risk ... the Chinese take the whole espionage thing very seriously.

However .... in this case ... I'd be more concerned if he'd been sexting a CBC reporter.


OMMAG